Have a Grandma Camp for Your Grandchildren
I have a friend, Denise, in Payson, Utah, who has a grandma camp for her grandchildren. Since she has done such fun things, I’ve asked her to write a little bit about what she does. She graciously accepted. Denise writes:
“About a decade and a half ago, I became a GRANDMA! At that time, we had a wonderful neighbor who had grandchildren from all over the world. Once a year, she would have them all come at the same time for a full week to stay with her. She called it Grandma Camp. This was done on a large scale. She hired a nanny and a lifeguard for the week. She also had a 10 passenger van and unlimited resources!
“Although I envied the whole idea, I knew that I could not afford such an endeavor nor could I take the time from work to do such an event. I did like the fact that she could have such a wonderful and fun time with all the grandchildren at once.
“I had been thinking a lot about what I wanted to create. I was very careful to set a low starting point and let grandma camp stay manageable. Remember you have to finish what you start and what you do for one, you do for all. Since I still have (hopefully) more grandchildren to come, I am careful not to get too elaborate.
“What is Grandma Camp? It is an event that your grandchildren look forward to each year. It is a memory that you create from scratch! It is low cost, educational, and fun!”
Here are three pictures from Denise’s grandma camps. This is the camp with an Olympics theme.
This is with the Mission Impossible theme. The grandchildren are in their secret agent disguise . . .
Here is the pirate theme.
Denise holds her grandma camp for two days and one night. Grandchildren have to be potty trained. Grandpa is there, too, to help out with the activities and enjoy the grandchildren. All activities match the theme for the year. And, their parents (Denise’s children) are invited to a barbecue at the end when they come to pick up the grandchildren.
If any of you hold a grandma camp for your grandchildren, please post a comment here to share what you do! I would love to hear your ideas.
Digi-Gram
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We have six grandchildren ranging in age from 10 to 4. This will be our 8th annual camp. We call it “NAPCE”, (which stands for Nana and Papa Camp Experience.) It is a week long event and the parents use the free time to vacation together. We began with just “Papa” and I, but soon decided we needed more hands and now we have three counselors that help us each year. Our activities range from outings to amusement parks, the zoo, bowling, miniature golf, horse back riding & swimming to educational field trips to such places as aeronautics facilities ad science centers. We always have art & crafts that the children make for their parents and themselves. We learn camp songs and spend part of our days working on such things as etiquette, manners and teaching good values. The cousins do not all live in the same state, so this is a marvelous opportunity for them to share fun time together and form what we hope to be life-long bonds; not to mention that Papa and I love having them all to ourselves for an entire week!
Cathie, a whole week for Grandma Camp! What a wonderful thing you are doing with your grandchildren! Your activities sound super fun.